Wagon-bed attachment.



I. H. BELL.

WAGON BED ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 21, 1913.

1,085,237. Patented Jan. 27. 1914.

. citizen of the United States, residing at Hi- JAMES H. BELL, OFI-IIW'ASSE, ARKANSAS.

WAGON-BED ATTACHMENT.

ihtltifiiii i. Specification of Letters Patent.

Zlatentcd Jan. 55?, i Application filed July .21. 1913. Serial No.780,278.

spring; -i-. Projecting upwardly from the holster 5, along the outerface. of the sideboard "2, is a standard which is connected to saidside-hoard in a'inauner to be hereinafter and more particularlydescribed.

My invention primarily contemplates the provision of a means which willprevent either a longitudinal or a lateral movement of the argon bodywith respect to the. holster in the use of the device and to this end.a. shaft 6 is provided and secured to one side face of the holster bymeans of the clamp T. This shaft. 6 projects upwardly to a point somedistance above the upper edge of the side-board and the upper portionthereof is threadeih as shown at R.

Secured to the outer face of the side-board 2, to extend longitudinallythereof, at a in providing a device in connection with toe pointadjacent the upper edge of the same, holster and the sii le'board whichwill admit' is a plate 9, which 'has a laterally extendo'l a yieldingaction and which will, at the inc projection 10 formed thereon throughsame time. brace said parts, so as to prevent any lateral orlongitudinal movement of the seine.

Still another object of the invention iesides in providing a devicewhich simple and dn 1 kit, in construction, inexpensive to manufactureand one which will he very eliicient and useful in operation.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in thenovel features of constru tion, combination and arrangement of parts aswill be hereinafte: reerred to and more particularly pointed out in thethe upper face of the pro tion or lieeper specification and claim. it)oi the plate and said hook portion is in the aceom uinyinn drawingforming a j adapted to be secured to the side-board by part. ct thisappl' *alioiu lliguro 1 is a trags the bolt 1%. Encircling the shntt 6so as to rest at lower end on the projection insular side elevation oi awagon bed showin my improviai device applied to use there 13 oi thestrap 12, is a coil. spring 15,

To all tar/mm it may concern I Be it known that I, Janus ll. BELL, a i

wasse, in the county of Benton and State of Arkansas, have inyentedcertain new and useful Improvements in \Vagondled Attachments of whichthe following is a specification reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings.

This invention relates to new and useful improvenu-nls in wagon bedattachments and more particularly to a wagon box fastener i and theprimary object of the invention is to pr vide a device of this characterwhich will. pre\ent the loosening of the parts of the wagon bed as thesame are jarred in use further object of the inventionresides being bentlaterally to form the projection 13, which also provided with an openingto receive therethrough the 6. This lateral projection '13 whichreceives the shaft 6 therethrough is designed to rest on on and showing;the lmlster in section. Fig. and a cotter pin 16 is adapted to be disisa ertical section therethrou rh. Fig. 8 posed in one at a plurality ofopenings 17 is a similar view as seen on line 33, Fig. 1. looking in thedirection of the arrow. 1 in. l is a horizontal. section as seen on lineFig. l ig". 5 a vertical section as seenon line 71-- i, Fig. l: and (5is t fragmentary perspective view showing the complete device applied touse.

in describing my invention, 1 shall refer to the drawing in whichsimilar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughoutthe several views and in which 1 indicates a wagon body having thesideboard 2 there-on supported above the holster 3 in the usual mannerby means of the upper coil of the spring is adapted to contact. Throughthe medium of a plurality of openin s, said cotter pin may 0bviously beadjusted to adjust the compression of the spring 15 and a nut 18 isapplied to the threaded portion of the shaft 6 to contact with saidcotter pin, whereby to positively secure the latter in position.

From the above description of the construction of my improved device, itwill be seen that in a wagon constructed in accordance with my inventionand placed in use the body will have a tendency to yield j termed insaid shaft 6 against which the which the shaft is loosely disposed andside-board. the lower end of said strap iron under tension of the springi, but will be retarded in its motion by the coil spring 15 of thisattachment. It will further be seen that while this attachment permits avertical movement of the wagon body with respect to the holster, it willnot permit a iongitufiinel or lateral movement thereof "wit respect toone another. Thus; any possibility "of the parts becoming so loosenedfrom one another as to weaken the wagon any respect, will be prevented.

tion enfi in the minor details of construction may be resorted towithout departing z'ircm the spirit or sacrificing any of the prineiplesof the invention. 1

Having thus described this invezition, what is claimed is In a wagonbecl attachment, the combination with a bolster and a wagon bodyyieldingly supported thereon; of a vertical shaft attached to saidbolster and projecting on the outer face of the side-board of the body,a member secured to the upper edge of said side-board and havingalateral projection thereon through which said shaft is looselydisposed, a spring member encircling said shaft and resting on saidprojection, and means engaged with said shaft and the upper end of saidspring to secure the latter in position under tension. I i

in testimony whereoi I hereunto eLfiiX my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

MAUI) ADoooK, J. B. EDWARDS.

